Attachment for bedsteads.



W. W. ATKINSON. ATTACHMENT FOR BEDSTEADS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.13, 1908.

Patented May 11, 1909.

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WYLLY W. ATKINSON, OF SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNEASSIGN- MENTS, OF ONE-THIRD TO MICHAEL K. JONES, OF SAVANNAH, GEORGIA,AND ONE-THIRD TO W. H. MARTIN, OF SHEFFIELD, ALABAMA.

ATTACHMENT FOR BEDSIE ADS.

T all whom it may concern:

of Savannah, in the county of Ohatham and State of Georgia, haveinvented a new and Improved Attachment for Bedsteads, of

which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of this invention is to provide novel means for rigidlyconnecting and supporting the head and foot portions of a metal bedsteadfor the purpose of displaying; the same in'a window or elsewhere, toenable a free inspection of these portions of a bedstead that is thusexhibited for sale.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination ofparts, as is hereinafter described and defined in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device applied for supporting thehead and foot portions of a bedstead in an upright position; Fig. 2 isan enlarged perspective view of the attachment showing one side thereof;and Fig. 3 is a perspective view displaying the opposite side of thedevice.

he improvement is employed in duplicate for supporting the portions Aand B of a metal bedstead, spaced apart in parallel,

planes, each of said attachments comprising the following details: Abody piece 5 of a suitable length and that is rectangular in crosssection, affords support to two clamps and means for longitudinallyadjusting the clamps. To this end, two guide strips 6 are secured oneach vertical side wall of the body piece 5. Preferably one of the guidestrips 6 on each side is placed near an end of the body piece, and theother one on the same side a suitable distance from the opposite endthereof. The guide strips have their ends disposed flush with the upperand lower sides of the body piece, and near their ends a recess b isformed in each end portion on the side adjacent to the body piece.

Each of the two clamps before mentioned, and that are similar, consistsof the following details: A jaw 7, that has a concaved gripping surfaceis adjustably supported opposite a similar concavity formed in a comeSpecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 13, 1908.

Patented May 11, 1909.

Serial No. 462,401.

l sponding end of the body piece 5 by the at- Be it known that I, VJYLLYW. ATKINSON, tachment thereto of a slidable frame, coma citizen of theUnited States, and a resident 1 posed of two bars 7, that are secured bysimilar ends thereof upon the outer side of the jaw at the upper andlower ends of the same, the opposite ends of said frame bars being,ecured upon the ends of a vertical cross bar 7 that holds the bars 7 aspaced apart in parallel planes. The frame bars 7 are loosely insertedwithin the respective recesses 1), thus affording a slidable engagementof the jaws 7 with the body piece 5 at the opposite ends thereof. Atoothed rack 8 is formed or secured upon one of the members 7 for eachslidable frame, said racks being placed on the inner edges of said framebars.

A shaft 9 is journaled in a transverse perforation of the body piece 5,formed near the center thereof, and upon one projecting end of theshaft, a spur gear 10 is secured, that is engaged with a correspondingrack 8 at that side of the body piece, and is thus connected with onejaw 7.

Upon the opposite end portion of the shaft 9, a similar gear 11 ismounted and secured, which is meshed with the rack 8 on the frame bar 7on the other jaw 7, and upon an eX- tended end of the shaft a crankhandle 12 is secured.

Upon the upper edge of one frame bar '7 a ratchet-toothe 1l rack 13 issecured, and upon the body piece 5 opposite said rack, a pawl 1a ispivoted and adapted for inter locking engagement between the teeth ofthe rack 13. a

Two of the improved attachments are used for the connection and supportof the head and foot portions of a bedstead.

in applying the device the pawl 14 on each attachment is swung away froma corresponding rack 13, and the crank handle 12 is turned in a properdirection for a divergence of each jaw 7 from a respective concaved endof the body piece 5, thus producing a gap between each jaw and theadjacent end of the body piece.

The head portion A and the foot portion B of a bedstead that are to beconnected by the improvement, are stood upright and near each other, sothat the jaws 7 may be passed around the respective upright posts of thebedstead, and the latter be embraced be tween said jaws and the oppositeends of the body piece 5. When both attachments have i been mounted uponthe head and foot por- 1 tions of the bedstead the crank handles 12 lare rotated. so as to retract the jaws 7 and cause them to forciblypress upon the posts with which they are in engagement. vihen f theclamps are adjusted as explained, the E pawls l l are caused tointerlock with the l racks 13 and thus secure the attachments l upon thebedstead, holding the head and foot I portions thereof spaced apartparallel with each other. f

As indicated in Figs. Z'and 3, the concavities in the jaws 7 and in theends of the 1 body piece 5, are lined with pliable material o; and a,which will prevent the bed 5 posts from being marred by contact of theattachments therewith.

It will be obvious that by a release of the pawl 14- and a turningmovement of the j crank handle 12 on each attachment in a direction thatwill slide the jaws 7 away from the ends of the body pieces 5, the bedistead head and foot portions A, B, will be l released from theattachments. 1

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. A bedstead attachment, comprising a body piece, jaws carried by thebody piece and slidable toward and from each end thereof, and means forsimultaneously moving the l jaws.

2. A bedstead attachment, comprising a body piece jaws carried by thebody piece and slidable toward and from the respective j' ends thereof,means for simultaneously movj ing the jaws, and means for securing thejaws when in adjusted position. 3. A bedstead attachment, comprising abody piece that is rectangular in cross section and having its endsconcaved, a concaved jaw for each end of the body iece, a frame securedon each jaw and slidalile on a respective side of the body piece,-ineansfor sliding said rames simultaneously, and means for securing the frameswhen slid so as to draw the jaws toward each other.

i. A bedstead attachment, comprising a body piece'that is rectangular incross section and having its ends concaved in a vertical plane, aconcaved jaw for each end of the body piece, a slidable frame consistingof two parallel bars secured by the respective ends on a correspondingjaw and spaced apart opposite the ends by a vertical frame bar, atoothed rack on one member of each frame that is slidable on arespective side of the body piece, a shaft rotatably mounted in atransverse perforation of the body piece, a spur gear on each end. ofsaid. shaft and meshed with the respective racks, a crank handle on theshaft, a ratchet-toothed rack on the upper member of one frame, and apawl pivoted on the body piece which may interlock with said rack andhold the jaws retracted.

5. A. bedstead attachment, comprising a body piece, a jaw cooperatingwith each end of the body piece, a frame secured to each jaw andslidable on one side of the body piece, means for moving the framessimultaneously, and means for securing the frames with the jaws inadjusted position.

in tes imony whereof i have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

dfYliifl' VJ. ATKINSON.

li itnesse J. E. \"VAY, E. B. BERRIEN.

